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Russell Alexander Alger

Senator from Michigan
SENATEREPUBLICAN1901–1907ID A000107
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LegislationHEADLINE
13%with Dems
of 104 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
13%with Dems
of 104 · both combined
Steepest move
+13 pts
1901 → 1903
still a Republican

Career arc

Legislation leads. Each point is one Congress: how often they sided with the Democratic majority on contested bills, resolutions and amendments.

100%75%50%25%0%sides with Democrats ↑sides with Republicans ↓1901
1905–0659th Congress
Sat as a Republican
22.2%with Democrats
of 27 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1901 → 1903, +13 pts — within one party label.
Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

Every roll call before 1973 has no description. These rows carry a date, usually a bill number, how they voted and which side that matched — nothing is filled in by hand.

DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with
Dec 11, 1907H.R. 480No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 22, 1907noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jan 10, 1907S. 5133No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 5133), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.
Where this lands
YEAVoted against both majorities — not scored
May 18, 1906H.R. 12987No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
May 18, 1906H.R. 12987No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
May 17, 1906H.R. 12987No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
May 16, 1906H.R. 12987No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
May 16, 1906H.R. 12987No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
May 16, 1906H.R. 12987No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 27 contested votes scored in the 59th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.

Service record

3 Congresses
57th · 190159th · 1905
Republican · Senate · MI57th–59th
Term datesexact
Members · Michigan
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Russell Alexander Alger

Senator from Michigan
SENATER1901–19073 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
13.5%with Democrats
of 104 votes · 86.5% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested13%of 104 · combined
Steepest move+13 pts1901→03, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019011905
1905–06 · 59th · Republican · of 27 votes22.2%

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Votes

Every roll call before 1973 has no description. These rows carry a date, a bill number where one exists, how they voted and which side that matched.
Democratic majorityNay
Republican majorityNay
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 27 contested votes scored in the 59th

By policy area

career

The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls.

Service record

57th · 190159th · 1905
Republican57th–59th

Party switchers

John Alexander LoganD→R · IL · 40thWesley Wade WatkinsD→R · OK · 105thBen Nighthorse CampbellD→R · CO · 104th
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